Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] the [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Land prices there are very high and so the land is used intensively . |
| 2 | A chance observer saw the sling being used by the second and soon the rumour was circulating that Paul Ross had used ‘ dubious tactics ’ on Prodigal Sons ( a later companion route to Deja Vu ) . |
| 3 | Three subsequent balloon dilations were unsuccessful and finally the patient was referred to our institution . |
| 4 | Since unc it appears that our assumption that there exists a smallest counterexample is untenable and so the theorem is proved . |
| 5 | Approaching Heligoland the weather was obviously unsuitable and so the mission was abandoned and the aircraft went home . |
| 6 | Most young children luckily will respond to the authority of a stranger and so the task is not as daunting as it sounds . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's done that and now the challenge is to keep his first team shirt . |
| 8 | ‘ And during those two weeks in Grasmere , Mrs Moore became convinced that you would — ’ again the blank and again the word was conjured up between them like a spirit conjured from the mountain . |
| 9 | The number of tickets issued will be limited to 600 and unfortunately the venue is unsuitable for children . |
| 10 | A completely brittle material like glass is reasonably safe as long as we are content to operate it at a very low stress level , for instance as a shop window , because the Griffith crack length is then quite long and so the material is safe against minor chips and abrasions . |
| 11 | This state of gens promiscuity is , however , imaginary and so the reasoning is irrelevant . |
| 12 | This second bid avoided reference to the MMC and thus the way was open for a contested takeover battle between Guinness and Argyll for control of Distillers . |
| 13 | The West saw revolution coming through military struggle , misunderstanding that the appeal of Communism was sociological and thus the struggle was political . |
| 14 | That 's one and then the cheque is one of them . |
| 15 | Or does it get left outside , and then somebody comes along and kicks it , and then it 's open and therefore the rubbish is all over . |
| 16 | The printout is of the full design area and does not show the grid denoting how many squares wide and high the design is . |
| 17 | Commencing with only three Divisions with their own examination structure , the number of Divisions in the RICS increased to seven and periodically the wheel is re-examined to establish whether it should turn full circle to produce a smaller number of specialist groups once again . |
| 18 | The land is ploughed and then the seed is sown , the crop sprayed , the harvest taken , and so on . |